- Managing a team of 8 people.- Senior position reporting directly to Site Head and frequent contact with the Corporate Team (Aldus, parent company).- Responsible for team development and training.- Responsible for customer services, planning, procurement and despatch.- Responsible for logistics - domestic & international ocean and air freight.- Creation of bespoke Excel daily open orders report and sales orders report.- Creation of bespoke Excel ERP Finished Goods and Material Planning tools.- Reconfiguration and relocation of the Despatch area.- Implementation of Made To Stock and Made To Order planning using product categorisations.- Team restructuring and personnel recruitment.- SAP B1, Q Pulse, Microsoft Office.

• Managing a team of 8 people.• Responsible for site procurement, material planning and logistics. • Responsible for resolution of all site invoices, working closely with the Shared Service Centre (based in India)• Escalation point of contact for supplier payment issues.• Overseeing Import and Export of high value temperature-controlled ADC shipments including customs clearance and relevant shipping documentation.• Creation of departmental weekly and monthly KPI pack• Streamlined material planning process by spearheading customisation of bespoke SAP screens.• Streamlined and centralised the Purchase Requisition and Order process.• Revamped the Warehouse issues spreadsheet/report.• Working collaboratively with all site functions by problem solving complex supply issues.• Creation of departmental SOPs, setting team objectives with regular 1-2-1s.• SAP ERP, Trackwise QMS, Ensur DMS, Microsoft Office• Learning & Self Development - cGMP Training & Essential Manager Skills Training.IATA certified Dangerous Goods by Air Training.

- Managing the Deployment Team (2 people) - Responsible for inter-site deployment, rework, co-pack, 3rd party and planning of finished goods and International Orders. - Weekly and long term planning for 5 production lines across 3 sites and multiple brands (Tetra Pak, Glass and Strathmore water) - Provide support to other Supply Managers and Categories (Cans & PET) - Working closely with Demand Planners, Customer Services, Production Planning, Procurement ensuring that all departments are aligned to ensure plans are optimised and achievable. - Maintaining stock levels in line with demand requirements and ensuring SLOB is kept to a minimum. - Closely monitor ATP (Available to Promise) to avoid immediate shortages and assign reason codes to Warehouse “hard” Shortages. - Working closely with NPD and Brand Manager on product refreshes and new launches. - Review and maintain Orchestr8 data to ensure data accuracy (RAG Buffers, production wheels, demand history and forward forecasts). - Weekly work order uploads to ERP system. - Project Work – Optimisation of systems, KPIs and processes across the Planning & Supply Chain Optimisation Team. - Maintain KPI’s and present to Senior Leadership Team weekly – CCF, CCFOT, ATP, Shortages, Forecast vs Demand Accuracy Primary Moves, Focus 5, Site & Customer Dashboard. - J D Edwards ERP, Orchestr8 and Google Office experience

• Managing a team of 8 people.• Responsible for weekly production plans across 5 production lines with a weekly maximum capacity of 1million cases. • Associated raw material planning and call offs (Ingredients, Cans, PET, glass bottles, labels and corrugate).• Daily supplier contact.• Expediting material orders and escalation point for supplier issues.• Handling supplier non-conformances.• Creation of Work Orders and associated Work Syrups.• Team & production KPI Performance reports.• Monthly material variance and yield reports (MRP vs actual usage).• Health & Safety (HOC Cards, Safety conversations).• SOP & RAs.• Ensure BRC audit compliance (Ingredient batch traceability, storage, housekeeping, etc).• GRNI and Function Register reconciliation• J D Edwards ERP experience• Warehouse reconfiguration “Ginger” project (relocation of ingredients and racking reconfiguration)• Learning and self-development – IOSH Managing Safely, BSDA Food Safety for Soft Drinks Level 2, IGD introduction to food and consumer goods industry, AG Barr Manager Essentials development programme.

Senior Management position managing a team of 12 people. Responsible for full site procurement, production and transport planning, material control and warehouse management. Project Management – site reconfiguration for loading operations. Warehouse and space reconfigurations. Supply Chain business strategy for future expansion – southern distribution centre, local warehouse, expansion of loading operations. Environmental waste management project. Tendering through to implementation. Responsible for team health and safety – risk assessments and standard operating procedures.Procurement of raw materials, chemicals, print, packaging materials, MRO, engineering, transport, logistics & CapEx projects. Contract negotiations with cost savings of £400,000 for 2016-2017. Reduced cost of transport by 22% from £3million to £2.35million. Projected savings of a further £450,000 for 2018. Packaging material planning, forecasting and management of high value consignment stock models. Supplier score cards and quarterly business reviews. Supplier tenders, negotiations, service level agreements and contracts. Implementation of Russian ERP system (1C) 2 months ahead of schedule (Purchasing, Production, Transport, Warehousing). Responsible for all Imports and Exports (including Non-EU regions).Monthly material variance report (MRP vs actual usage).Daily production meetings & monthly team and management meetings. Member of the Executive Leadership Team, Business Integration Team and 1C ERP Integration Team. Daily customer contact. Streamlined department systems and processes through custom written Excel tools. Creation of departmental monthly KPI reports and metrics (transport, warehousing, purchasing, production).

 Responsibility for the day to day running of the Estimating and Purchasing departments. Responsible for a team of 4 people. Responsible for all site purchases - circa £5million per annum (raw materials, components, POS, consumables and services). Management of 300 suppliers across 3 continents. Cost savings circa £400,000 in 12months. MRP Material planning, control & forecasting. Approval of requisitions, creation of Purchase Orders and expediting to ensure continuous supply of stock to manufacturing lines. Supplier score cards and quarterly business reviews - Measuring performance through quality, quantity, cost and delivery commits. Supplier negotiations, service level agreements and contracts. Remediation of supplier non-conformances. Resolving invoice discrepancies. Quarterly review meetings with key suppliers. Project management. Contract reconciliation and transfers project from DS Smith to MBM Print SCS Ltd. Frequent team meetings, new project meetings and monthly supplier review with board of directors. Commercial responsibility for all customer accounts (Margins, contracts, supply models). Frequent customer contact. Streamlined department systems and processes through custom written Excel tools.

 Divisional responsibility for the day to day running of the Estimating department. Responsible for a team of 5 people located in UK, Netherlands and Czech Republic. Purchasing (Print, Corrugate, Media and Consumables) Supplier liaison and negotiations Tharstern print estimating Online E-Auctions Frequent customer contact Benchmarking and commercial reporting Training - Trained individuals and groups on all levels of Microsoft Excel, Tharstern and the internal Sales Enquiry system. Excel custom report writing (Visual Basic/Macros) - Custom written various Excel/SQL tools to increase efficiency within the department. Implemented a structured estimating housekeeping system & KPI measurements. Responsible for cost and material rates housekeeping within Tharstern estimating system. Successfully implemented the Tharstern upgrade

Estimator/Commercial Coordinator SCA Print & Supply Chain Solutions2008-2009• Print estimating using Tharstern.• Large E-tenders - including fulfilment, assembly and sourcing of purchased items.• Frequent customer contact.• Maintaining customer price list in MRP system.• Creation of commercial tracking report.• Cost rates analysis.• Weekly and Monthly KPI reports• Responsible for cost and material rates housekeeping within Tharstern estimating system.Technical Products Coordinator SCA Print & Supply Chain Solutions2007-2008• New product introduction & file management for a main customer account.• Work ticket creation.• Customer order processing.• Weekly and monthly KPI reports.• Frequent customer contact.Customer Services/Estimator/Planner SCA Print & Supply Chain Solutions2006-2007• Customer services for a main customer account.• Material & assembly planning.• Customer order creation and expediting.• Purchasing and expediting.• Work order creation for print and assembly.• Print estimating using Tharstern.• Frequent customer contact.

• Purchasing & sourcing from a worldwide supplier base.• Creation of supplier service level agreements & contracts.• Supplier assessments & scorecards. • Contributed to annual cost savings (Approx. £75,000) • Increased margin of one key account from 10% to 25% profit. • Invoice and purchase order reconciliations.• Print & assembly estimating using Tharstern. • Labour and Process costing.• Product design.• Project management.• Frequent Supplier and Customer contact.

• Traditional estimating (non-computerised).• Paper purchasing.• Job Costing.

• Estimating using Shuttleworth.• Order Processing.• Work Ticket creation.